Stirrup-leather stay



- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE D. PADGITT, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

STIRRU P-LEATH ER STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,485, dated October14, 1890.

Application filed May 14, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JESSE D. PADGITT, of Dallas, in the county of Dallasand State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement inStirrup-Leather Stays,of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l isa side View of the stirrup strap and stay complete. Fig. 2 is asectionthrough line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe stay.

The object of the invention is to provide a stay which will cause thestirrup to hang in proper position for insertion of the riders foot inmounting; and the invention consists in a stay the body of which isU-shaped in cross-section to receive the stirrup cross-bar and providedwith a loop on its convex side at the bottom for the stirrup leather orstrap, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

A represents a stirrup leather or strap, B the stirrup, and D is myimproved stay, preferably formed by casting it in a single piece orstriking it up from a piece of sheet metal, or itmay be made of leatheror other mateterial. The stay is U-shaped in cross-section and of alength to embrace the cross-piece b of the stirrup. At the extremelowest point on the convex surface there is an outwardlyprojecting loopd,'throngh which the stirrup leather or strap A extends as it passesaround the outer side of the stay. The stay D is about the same lengthas the cross-piece b of the stirrup, and the loop dis just wide enoughfor the stirrup leather or strap, and therefore the cross-piece b cannotslide back and forth in the stirrup-leather loop and cause the stirrupto hang at an incline or one-sided. The stirrup-leather will always beheld in the center of the stirrup, so that the foot-bearing will beequal and riding be made easier.

To illustrate more fully, let us take a wooden stirrup which is verywide at its upper end,

Serial No. 351,824. (No model.)

and unless an equally wide stirrup leather or strap is used the stirrupwill slide in the loop and cause it to hang at an incline or one-sidedinstead of straight. If my stay is applied to such a stirrup, the strapsor leathers, though much narrower than the crosspiece, will always causethe stirrup to hang properly by reason of the loop d, which prevents anysliding movement of the stirrup leathers or straps. Where a stirruphangs one-sided it is very disagreeable fora rider to mount, and, asbefore stated, the foot-bearings are not central and stable, but shiftand cause a strain on the feet to keep the stirrups in proper position.The stays also protect the stirrup-leathers from wear, as the stirrupcross-piece turns in them, while they do not move on the leathers orstraps at all.

In defining the scope of my present invention I would state that in thepatent granted me April 8, 1890, I have already covered a stirrup-staymade in the shape of a U-shaped plate with loops at the upperextremities of the same, and I therefore limit the present invention tothe U-shaped plate having a single loop arranged at the bottom of the U-shaped plate and on the outer or convex side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Astirrup-strap stay consisting of a U- shaped metal plate D, having asingle loopd arranged at the bottom of the said plate on the convex sidethereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the stirrup having cross-bar b, the U-shaped plateD, embracing the same and having a single loop d at the bottom thereofon the convex side, and the stirrup-strap extended through the loop (Iabove the same and around the plate, substantially as shown anddescribed.

JESSE I). PADGITT.

\Vitnesses:

W. C. PADGITT, HOWARD KEYES.

